Lucky I'm Wearing My Brown Undies

Hiking is not one of my favourite things but it seems like there is also something worth seeing at the end of a hike (or halfway).

Up the big hill to see The Old Man of Storr we climbed and climbed, tiny step after tiny step. How exciting that we are finally able to wear our cold clothes, and our wet clothes. Stupid Scottish weather had the wind blowing, the rain falling down and mist all over. We made it there and back in two hours.

We scoffed down our egg sandwiches (thank you supermarket meal deal) and headed off to Dunvegan castle. It was on the other side of the Isle of Skye (where we now are) and required the holiday's first extended single lane two way road. What I have discovered today is that there are 2 speeds on these roads. The locals go the speed limit of 60mph, while the holiday makers travel half that speed. Later in the day, local and holiday maker nearly met head on, on the one lane road outside our accommodation. Glad our brakes were both working and that I had on my brown undies.

Anyway, the Castle parking was full, we could not get our maps to work, so we stopped at a cafe for lunch number 2. I must remember in future that it's ok to have dessert for lunch. 

We then headed back and took a photo of the castle from a free viewpoint.

Thanks to free cafe WiFi we were able to re-route our way through the hills and rain, saw an old bridge and were able to get back home without a maze of one-lane roads.

The town (Portree) is packed. There is nowhere to eat, but there is takeaway pizza (Editor: It was delicious! They also only cut into 4 pieces, not 8). I also managed to drink a large proportion of the orange and mango juice I purchased only to realise it was actually undiluted cordial.

3 episodes of MASH, one of QI, an early start tomorrow so better go to sleep in the daylight before 11pm.